Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:52:23 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Michael Widerkrantz <mc@hack.org> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-advocacy Digest, Vol 248, Issue 1 Message-ID: <86fxprtlmw.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <863alrmx7t.fsf@tim.hack.org> (Michael Widerkrantz's message of "Wed\, 30 Jul 2008 13\:24\:06 %2B0200") References: <20080728120008.0BBF710656C5@hub.freebsd.org> <02c801c8f0dc$16caf410$0100010a@oemspc03> <20080729052101.GB1995@baranyfelhocske.buza.adamsfamily.xx> <863alrmx7t.fsf@tim.hack.org>
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Michael Widerkrantz <mc@hack.org> writes: > Szilveszter Adam <sziszi@bsd.hu> writes: > > If you want to brag about FreeBSD technology used in a mainstream > > product, then by all means mention Firefox 3, because that is already > > quite impressive. > Why Firefox? It's a user land application. I'm sure it's been ported > to FreeBSD, but does that tell anyone that FreeBSD is good? Firefox 3 uses FreeBSD's memory allocator (jemalloc) on all platforms, instead of the one provided by the operating system. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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